Republic of Korea: Personal Information Protection Commission fined Incruit KRW 463 million following 2025 personal data breach affecting 7.3 million job-seekers
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Personal Information Protection Commission fined Incruit KRW 463 million following 2025 personal data breach affecting 7.3 million job-seekers
On 23 October 2025, the Personal Information Protection Commission (PIPC) fined Incruit KRW 463 million for a personal data breach affecting 7,275,843 members of its online recruitment platform, in violation of the safety-measure obligation under Ar…
Scope
Policy Area
Data governance
Policy Instrument
Cybersecurity regulation
Regulated Economic Activity
other service provider
Implementation Level
national
Government Branch
executive
Government Body
data protection authority
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2023-07-12
in force
2025-10-23
in force